Overview of the main political news and debates. Also includes in depth reports including the Leveson Enquiry, Party Conferences and the Budget.Also see BBC News in Depth and BBC World to keep up to date with major political news stories across the world.

The “Summaries of EU legislation” website presents the main aspects of European Union (EU) legislation in a concise, easy-to-read and unbiased way. It provides approximately 3 000 summaries of European legislation, divided into 32 subject areas.

Site maintained by Dr Harrison at Keele University. Split into country/area politics and also resource guides for key topics including Iraq, environmental politics, human rights, elections and the electoral system.

The UK Data Service is a comprehensive high-quality social and economic data resource funded by the ESRC. Contains a wide range of secondary data including large-scale government surveys, international macrodata, business microdata, qualitative studies and census data from 1971 to 2011.

HCSS helps governments, non-governmental organizations and the private sector to understand the fast-changing environment and seeks to anticipate the challenges of the future with practical policy solutions and advice.

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